Controversial income trust just issue won’t go away

Apr. 27, 2009

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Re: "Why this pesky income trust issue refuses to go away..." (The Hill Times, April 20, p. 17). I'd like to take a moment to thank The Hill Times for allowing Brent Fullard, citizen journalist extraordinaire, the opportunity to express his views on behalf of income trust investors and all Canadian taxpayers, who have been adversely affected by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's inane and self-immolating trust policy. Yes, these are the same investors who have been forgotten by

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